† counterdistinguishv.
Obsolete.
= contradistinguish v.
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the world > relative properties > relationship > difference > differ from [verb (transitive)] > contradistinguish
counterdistinguish1611
contradistinguish1622
condistinguish1644
1611 J. Florio Queen Anna's New World of Words Contradistinguere, to distinguish against, to counterdistinguish.
1648 T. White Smoak Botoml. Pit 35 It [stony ground] is counterdistinguished to good ground.
a1682 Sir T. Browne Certain Misc. Tracts (1683) viii. 148 Counterdistinguishing it unto the Idiotismus Francicus.
Derivatives
ˌcounterdiˈstinguished adj.
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the world > relative properties > relationship > difference > [adjective] > contradistinguishing or contradistinct
contradistinct1623
contradistinguished1637
contradistinctive1641
counterdistinct1662
counterdistinguished1730
contradistinguishing1817
1730 A. Gordon tr. F. S. Maffei Compl. Hist. Anc. Amphitheatres 172 The counterdistinguished Letters are wanting in the Stone, and I have supplied them.
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